Bat-Troll Beyond: Return Of The Joker

Terry Finds A Lead

Terry was in the Batcave stumped.

Terry: I'm spent. Every lead I had has gone face-down, and The Joker's still out there. What have you got?

Violet: No, sorry.

Terry: I don't know, Violet. If I was the Bat-Troll I was supposed to be, I'd have cracked this by now, would have punched exactly the right data into the computer or remembered that one little clue that everyone else overlooked.

Branch: It's rarely that simple.

Branch and the others come downstairs all well.

Violet: Dad! Mom! Uncles!

Terry: How are you all feeling?

Clay: Lousy.

Violet: Auntie Viva told us what happened to Tim Drake.

Branch: That's why I don't want you going up against The Joker, impostor or not.

Terry: Nothing against your old partners, but I'm a completely different Bat-Troll. I was never a Robin, I never—

Terry notices the Robin suit was the one that was destroyed the most.

Terry: Wait. Joker smashed up the cases, but why was this the only costume he went out of his way to destroy?

John Dory: Robin did shoot him.

Terry: A ghost out for revenge? I don't buy it. I talked to Drake. He's got less love for that costume than The Joker. I think somehow he's behind this.

Poppy: That's crazy.

Terry: So was Drake, once. Look, here's the readout of everything we know the Jokerz have stolen. Now let's combine those into something that would be used by a communications expert. Someone of Tim Drake's caliber.

The computer shows a satellite jamming system.

Floyd: Satellite jamming system.

Branch: Whoever uses this can access satellite defense systems and fire them at will.

Violet: Someone already has.

Terry: I suspected Jordan Pryce might be The Joker, but the Jokerz were on your company yacht trying to slag Pryce. I got him off the boat before someone blasted it into splinters. I hate to say it. But, I think your little Robin's turned into a biter old Crow. He's got to be the brains behind this new Joker. It's harsh, but who else is there?

Branch: Suit up. Take the car and check it out. We'll monitor you from here.

Terry: What happened to leaving it to the cops?

Branch: Not their game.

Terry: There's something else I want to take with me.

Everyone looks at Shelliot.